Further, a discount to peers is warranted based on lower returns and lower confidence in ultimate earnings power.
These August children are likely to have lower confidence and less likely to feel they "control their own destiny".
But only 65% of disabled people agreed with the proposition - showing lower confidence in those who have personal experience of the attitude being measured.
"Prospective opportunities in the municipal sector may be narrower than in the past, given changing perceptions about municipal risk among buyers, lower confidence in the financial guaranty industry broadly and a trend toward alternative forms of execution, " including uninsured bonds, Moody's said Wednesday.
In the short term, demand will taper off again, Waldrop predicted, because of lower consumer confidence levels.
Weliky says that women who experienced absent or distant fathers may continue to seek approval from men or have lower levels of confidence later in life, which affects their ability to assert themselves in the office.
Markit said that eurozone confidence remained lower than at any time since before the 2008-09 financial crisis.
The low footfall rates for Scotland in February are a reflection of low levels of consumer confidence and lower levels of sales growth, according to SRC director Fiona Moriarty.
In addition, the company now faces market contraction in the wake of the sovereign debt situation in Europe, rising unemployment in the U.S., softness in consumer confidence and lower GDP expectations in many parts of the world.
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Greenspan explains that because lower deficits will restore confidence, diminish the threat of inflation, and allow savings to flow to private-sector investment rather than public-sector consumption, the short-term pain will lead to gains both in the mid- and long-term.
Lower interest rates would boost confidence, and that effect would be multiplied if the Fed acted in concert with other central banks.
But the nominee must win a vote of confidence from the lower house of parliament, the Sejm, with an absolute majority of its members.
That confidence is much lower today.
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While rising food and energy costs are forcing consumer sentiment metrics lower, with the University of Michigan consumer confidence index hitting a 16-month low in March and probably heading lower, according to Capital Economics, consumers have managed to weather the storm and keep spending going.
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And the lower you go, the more confidence everyone needs that cuts can be properly verified.
It is true that, unlike a censure motion against the cabinet or a minister in the lower house, a no-confidence vote in the upper house is non-binding.
Meantime, lower unemployment in Germany and upbeat business confidence in the EU were reported Thursday.
However, if RIM revises its outlook lower again, it could cause investor confidence and the stock to drop further.
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Lower unemployment in Germany and upbeat business confidence in the EU were reported.
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Stocks are trading lower today following reports that "consumer confidence" dipped sharply in July and is now at a five-month low.
The prime minister had been warned there could be a no-confidence vote if he did not lower fuel prices.
The prime minister, who no longer enjoys a majority in the lower house, was expected to seek a confidence vote later this month as a prelude to elections.
By preparing for lower prices and having the benefit of time to do your homework, you will be ready to embrace lower stock prices and have the luxury of confidence to pick off world class companies trading down at compelling values.
That's not so unusual for a mature product line, but it has been something that Apple has tended to confine to the lower-end product and a move that indicates confidence in healthy sales volumes.
Fresh data on inflation and housing last week suggest the U.S. recovery remains on track, while consumer confidence numbers suggest that the actual onset of lower after-tax incomes in the New Year dampened sentiment.
Of course, slashing guidance does not inspire confidence among investors, and should prompt analysts to lower estimates over the coming days.
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The smaller, but growing, school argues not only that Keynesian deficit spending has reached its limits but also that a serious effort at cutting deficits would boost confidence and thus counter the drag on demand from lower government spending.
It may sound odd in the context of a lower average, but Teixeira comes off as a man brimming with confidence.
Mr Monti still faces a confidence vote at the Senate on Thursday and at the lower house on Friday, but it looks certain that he will receive the backing of lawmakers, correspondents say.
But having failed to mount an effective no-confidence motion against Mr Obuchi's government in the all-important lower house of the Diet (parliament) for its handling the country's banking crisis, Mr Kan and his opposition colleagues have now moved their guerrilla campaign to the upper house where they have a majority.
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